UGA CRACKS DOWN ON RAMPANT TAILGATERY

It would seem taking a crap on the alums who cut checks to the university would be kind of short-sighted. Sounds like Adams is a douchebag. Enterprising Athenians (athenites?) near campus should use the opportunity to rent out their yards on gamedays.

Similarly to their brethren that practice extortion in Hog Town.

Michael Adams is a dick. Seems like his regents protector, Don Leeburn, wouldn’t be happy with the non-alcohol bit, seeing as how he makes his considerable fortune selling booze (when he’s not boning the gymnastics coach or punching out his neighbor).

“Dick”, I say.

Adams has been taking craps on alums (and students, and former athletic directors, and professors) for years. This is just another way for Adams to stick his dick into the glory hole that is everyone else’s business. The SOB won’t stop until he can personally approve the daily curriculum for every person who steps foot inside of Athens.

ND does the same thing…nobody tailgating / no RV’s before 7AM gameday, lots cleared 4 hours after game time, no charcoal grills, no tailgating during the game itself.

Sad but a fact of life.

Grills were banned because people were dumping their hot coal into the sewers, onto the grass, etc. Instead of cracking down on the offenders or providing large metal containers for disposal of hot coal (like you see at NFL games), the privilege was just yanked.

They are seeking to limit the quantity of drinking by people who aren’t attending the game, so they ban tailgating dring the game.

There hasn’t been a blow this disasterous to southern football culture(drankin’, acting a fool, “rooting”) since the Gators were disallowed halftime re-entry. A shame, nothing good will come of this. Adams has definitely been using the bat-phone with Machen. I bet they are in cohoots on ths.

“It’s what allows one generation to tolerate the next.” Perfect. Although at this point in my life, it’s what allows one generation to tolerate the one that preceded it.

We’re open to that interpretation, Ian.

but alcohol in the south is what binds families to each other

This is, no shit, very true for SEC tailgaiting. It’s a tradition at South Carolina for undergrads to get blitzed at their family’s RV before the game. Thank God Sorensen hasn’t come up with a shit policy like this. But I think something might be in the water in Athens. You’ve got Dooley, who banned college players (COLLEGE PLAYERS!) celebrating after a touchdown (no Ickey Shuffle for you, young man) and now the Mormonization of tailgating.

BTW — a new drinking game. Everytime an announcer for a BYU game mentions how many players are married, or that Player X is married, take a drink. You’ll pass out by halftime.

Next, they’ll ban wearing school colors to the game, after a heated exchange of awkward stares between rivals almost turned into out-and-out scoffing.

Michael Adams, official Cleveland Steamer-er to the UGA community at large!

Although I am completely on board with alcohol holding SEC families together – Like tolerating my uncle’s FSU-Alum wife at the Florida-Georgia game – Your implication that people drink scotch is incorrect. Everyone knows that a good southerner drinks Bourbon.

Yes, but scotch sounds funnier. Scotchy scotch scotch.

At first I was worried that Clough would get ideas and then I remember there’s no grass to park on at Tech anymore anyway.

I’m seriously glad Adams is not at Ole Miss. Our administration understands the needs of the Southern football fan. That or they understand that the Southern football fan won’t be giving them any money if they’re not kept happy. Either way, they turn a blind eye to the drinking and ask you to put it in a cup. After all, this is the South. It’s all about appearances.

College football without alcohol is like doing a girl without tits. It still works, but it’s not nearly as much fun.

And college football without tits is even worse.

Way up north, at PSU we have similar parking lot rules – but our RVs can arrive 6pm the Thursday before a Saturday game. Lots open at 7am for a 12pm start and 8am for all other times (well, later times that is). No charcoal grills, no kegs, no re-entry into the stadium unless you have another (unused) ticket. But there’s no ban on booze in the parking lots (thank god; seriously, thank you).

We also have a President with (what seems to be) a similar mantra regarding alcohol. He’s also the one who said that PSU doesn’t/wouldn’t have the $$ to pay a “big name” coach when (and if) Paterno retires.

My general experience is that University Presidents and Boards of Trustees don’t really give a rat’s bum about the average fan (alumni, student, whatever) and they are completely out of touch with reality and/or common sense. One year, mid-season, the PSU board of Trustees “officially” banned “negative cheering” at PSU sporting events. At the next game the crowd booed at every play, announcement, piccolo solo, etc.

The alcohol thing is probably an attempt to mitigate liability – “we told them not to drink”.

If the GA legislature passes their proposed legislation(SB-396) to legalize gun fights (very similar to the law the NRA got passed in FL), you can almost gauranty the rednecks will be shooting each other over parking spaces.

They also want to prevent private property owners from prohitting firearms on their premises, and, specifically, to allow guns in any cars parked in any parking lots in GA (HB-998).

And make it even easier to carry a gun in your car (HB-1001).

And allow anyone to bring a concealed weapon into a restaurant (HB-193).

And allow the sale of firearms during an emergency (SB-554).

And prevent law enforcement (or anyone else) from being able confiscate guns if a state of emergency is declared (HB-1439).

Yep, it should be a bloodbath. “”http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068646/quotes">They’re animals anyway…"

GO GATORS!

PSU-Girl, I had a good time tailgating at PSU this year for the Minnesota game b/c you could back right up to the stadium (I guess proximity was driven by $$$). That was pretty cool.

Although, you could tell that the tailgates were much more subdued. Everyone was really good about only tailgating literally at their tailgate area with the trunk open. Maybe a tent but that’s it. Nothing like the spreads and absurd scenes at Ole Miss’ Grove or all over UGA’s campus.

Neither here nor there, but the innovations in tailgating over the last 5-7 years have really been something and have opened up tailgating a lot. The bag chair, bag table, bag tent (with rollers), $40 power inverter, dish TV access, collapsable gas grills, 8’ inflatable mascots, and coolers with rollers and handles….AND the popularity of SUV’s to haul all of that stuff.

It makes it more fun, bigger and more of a family EVENT. For us, it’s closer to a family reunion (of unrelated people) than a tailgate.

PS – we have collapsable trash cans that we use. So Adams can eat my ass. We’re tailgating for 30-50 and clean up after ourselves as best we can given the limited opportunities for throwing shit away.

…but alcohol in the south is what binds families to each other…

Yeah! I remember my friends lifting Jack Daniels minis from their parents’ tailgates when we were in 9th grade and trying to find a quiet spot to imbibe as a 14 year old!

I call for a ban on all tight-lipped puritans marching into my tailgater this fall – and I vow to bust you in the mouth if you attempt to fuck with my college football experience.

Georgia students should be all over this – the setting in Athens should be admired, and certainly not policed by some geeks and politicos who have nothing better to do, other than save the god-forsaken public school system in Georgia.

What a misdirected, and very administrative waste of effort here.

ND fan in Phx.

It shouldn’t change anything, as I forsee a “You can’t arrest us all” mentality permeating The Classic City this fall. Those little orange plastic fences they’ll use are going to be in tatters I would reckon.

But please, Lord, if there is justice in the world let me witness drunken adults from opposing sides engage in fisticuffs the night before the game in the middle of Lumpkin. I nearly shed a tear the first time I saw it.

Carolina enters the Fulmer Cup:

http://journorock.blogspot.com/2006/03/carolina-enters-edsbs-fulmer-cup.html

Huzzah!

Ha haaa, a shit-faced & tomfoolery charge in a thread about booze. Nice.

OK, when will the adults take over the universities again? Don’t these guys realize that tailgating is a bigger part of the college game than Keith Jackson? What about the ole’ customer service factor? If you want the grounds protected, provide the damn capability to have a parking place or pit, just require a permit(and fee) for it….

rebel84…..I would hold off on the comments. Your Pres might understand some needs of world-class football fans, like the continual allowance of beverages on the wonder that is The Grove, but until he gets off his high horse and brings Colonel Reb back, I am going to have a little animosity with him. Then again, the only reason he might still be allowing alcohol is too keep that feud on the “down-low”.

Anyways back to the subject….Adams has completely lost his mind. What are UGA fans going to do now when they lose to Auburn in Athens….smoke grass or kill the stupid little bulldog?

No, prolly let the dog eat some bird for dinner. Though, it may be a fair fight if it gets that tiger head like in the MZone pic.

And now for something completely different: former UAB standout, interim Cincy coach and now new Ole Miss coach, staring and pointing!

That was supposed to be Andy Kennedy, and it turns out you can’t post pics in comments.

Dammit.

This means we should definitely keep the UGA-UF game in Jacksonville. At least we can have a normal tailgating experience there!

I think I’ll start attending more away games as a result of this mess.

FINAL FOUR, BABY!! HELL YEAH, NAT. CHAMP. HERE WE COME!

Graham Spanier, PSU’s illustrious prez, is a verified douche. He was responsible for making the campus at Nebraska dry. What kind of souless killjoy takes beer away from someone who has the misfortune of being stranded in the geographic center of nowhere?? At PSU there were 7 or so fraternities that were on campus and while I was there they were facing the prospect of going dry. I think they ended up building meth labs to compensate for the decline in dues revenue.

Yeah, Graham needs to wake up and smell the whiskey. I don’t believe that the campus will ever go dry – they have too many alumni events on campus (even at the stadium).

PSU is not allowed to have alcohol inside the stadium – it’s been that way for as long as I can remember (imagine my shock when I went to my first Temple basketball game and could get a Yuengling) – When they built the sky boxes they touted them as a place to entertain, ect. So, the folks in the sky boxes are allowed to have alcohol before and after BUT not during the game. I’m sure that this is strictly enforced.

I was at a dinner the night before the PSU/Nebraska game (2002) and Graham actually made a comment about having some loyalty toward the Huskers – never mind your alma mater, never mind the school you actually work for.